The World Health Organization is organizing the Global Meeting to Accelerate Progress on SDG Target 3.4 on Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health. The Meeting is hosted by the Government of the Sultanate of Oman from 9 to 12 December 2019 in Muscat.
The World Health Organization is organizing the Global Meeting to Accelerate Progress on SDG Target 3.4 on Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health. The Meeting is hosted by the Government of the Sultanate of Oman from 9 to 12 December 2019 in Muscat.
Goal
The overarching goal of the Global Meeting is to accelerate the implementation of national responses to address NCDs and mental health conditions with a view to reduce premature mortality and scale up interventions to reach SDG target 3.4 by 2030. The meeting will focus on sharing success stories and challenges in countries.
The Global Meeting will have the following segments:
Technical meeting for National NCD Directors and Programme Managers (9-10 December)
High-level Segment for Member States and United Nations Organizations, as well as non-State actors, at level of Ministers and heads of organizations (afternoon of 10 December);
Multistakeholder Partners’ Forum (11 December);
Regional Meetings, side events and site visits (12 December).
Interpretation will be provided in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. The meeting will be webcast.
The Global Meeting and Partners’ Forum will be anchored in the vision outlined in WHO’s Thirteenth General Programme of Work (2019-2020) to achieve three strategic priorities (achieving UHC, addressing health emergencies, and promoting healthier populations) through the triple billion targets.
Participation
Ministers of Health, Agriculture, Environment, Education, Finance, Foreign Affairs, Planning, Trade and Development Cooperation
Public policy makers
United Nations organizations
Global experts and advocates
Non-State actors
